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Amir Project

BDIC students might be interested in this - especially those interested in sustainability, the environment, education, gardening, the outdoors, and making friends.

The program is called the Amir Project, and it is an organization that hires and sends college-age folk to go make gardens at a summer camps in the U.S or Canada. Participants do not need to have any experience prior to applying. The hired Lead Farmers attend a four-day training where they learn about gardening, social justice issues related to the food system, and environmental education techniques and content. The farmers essentially get hired by the camps for a minimum of $2500, and get a $500 stipend from the Amir Project itself at the completion of the summer.